Save Batteries

We offer three different types of save batteries for your games. It can be a bit confusing which one to choose.

CR1616, CR2025, & CR2032

All Game Boy games that use battery back-ups use either CR2025 or CR1616 coin cell batteries. To determine which one your game uses open them up and measure the diameter of the battery. A CR2025 coin cell battery is 20mm wide while a CR1616 coin cell battery is 16mm wide.

All Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis and Sega 32X games that use battery back-ups use CR2032 batteries and have outward prongs.

CR1616 

These are the batteries used only for Game Boy Advance games. They are used in Pokémon Emerald, Sapphire, Ruby, Puzzle Challenge, Yellow, and Trading Card Edition plus many other Game Boy games.

You will need a soldering iron to install these. In order to open your game cartridges, you will need a security bit. Game Boy Advance games use a tri-wing security bit. 

CR2025

These batteries are used only for Game Boy Color/Original Games. 

You will need a soldering iron to install these as well. In order to open your game cartridges, you will need a security bit. GameBoy Original and GameBoy Color games use a 3.8mm nutsetter security bit.

CR2032

This battery is used only for SNES/NES/N64 games. To open your game cartridges you will need a security bit. You will need a soldering iron to install these as well. 

All Nintendo NES and Super Nintendo games use a 3.8mm security screw bit to open the game cartridges. Most Sega Genesis games use a 4.5mm security screw bit; however, some use a 3.8mm bit or a variety of other bits. Nintendo 64 games use 3.8mm security bits. Sega 32X games use a 4.5mm security screw bit.